GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
SOCIAL MOVEMENTS (OPT)/IR214
Course Title: SOCIAL MOVEMENTS (OPT)
Credits 3 ECTS 5
Semester 4 Compulsory/Elective Compulsory
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  English
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Assoc. Prof. Kürşad Şeyhmus TURAN
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  http://kursadturan.com
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  kturan@gazi.edu.tr
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
Analyzes the concept of social movement.
Learns the relationship between social changes and social movements.
Learns the concepts of identity, collective action and cycles of protest.
Analyzes the steps of participation and networking, which have key importance in occurance of social movements.
Learns and analyzes how states police social movements.
Learns social movements in history and compares 20th and 21st century social movements.
Interprets the relationship between democracy, democratization and social movements.
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
   The mode of delivery of this course is face to face.
 -- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES
   There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.
 -- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS
   International Politics and Theory of International Relations are recommended courses.
 --COURSE CONTENT
1. Week   Introduction: Presentation of the subject, plan and aims of the course
2. Week   Social Movements
3. Week   Social Changes and Social Movements
4. Week   Identity
5. Week   Collective Action
6. Week   Networks and Participation
7. Week   Social Movements and Organizations
8. Week   Mid-Term Examinations Week
9. Week   Cycles of Protest
10. Week   Policing of Movements
11. Week   Social Movements in History
12. Week   20th Century Social Movements
13. Week   21st Century Social Movements
14. Week   Democracy-Democratization and Social Movements
15. Week   The Future of Social Movements
16. Week   Final Examinations Week
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
   REQUIRED READINGS: H. Arendt, R. Dworkin, J. Habermas, J. Galtung, M.L. King, J. Rawls, H. Saner, H.D. Thoreau, Kamu Vicdanına Çağrı: Sivil İtaatsizlik, İstanbul: Ayrıntı Yayınları, 1997; Derry Nairn, Yaşasın Devrim! Tarih Boyunca Halkın Sahneye Çıktığı 30 Devrim, İstanbul: Final, Sanat, Kültür Yayınları, 2014 RECOMMENDED READINGS:Tarık Aygün, Efendiliğin Reddi: Sivil İtaatsizlik ve Doğrudan Eylem, İstanbul: Versus, 2006; Donatella Della Porta ve Mario Diani, Social Movements: An Introduction, Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2006; Charles Tilly, Social Movements, 1768-2004, Boulder: Paradigm Publishing, 2004.
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
   Lecture, Question-Answer, Discussion
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  N/A
 -- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Percentage
 Mid-terms
1
40
 Assignment
0
0
 Exercises
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade  
40
 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade  
60
 -- WORKLOAD
 Efficiency  Total Week Count  Weekly Duration (in hour)  Total Workload in Semester
 Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week
15
3
45
 Practising Hours of Course Per Week
0
 Reading
15
2
30
 Searching in Internet and Library
15
1
15
 Designing and Applying Materials
0
 Preparing Reports
0
 Preparing Presentation
0
 Presentation
0
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
1
15
15
 Final and Studying for Final
1
20
20
 Other
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
125
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
5
 ECTS: 
5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1Having skills and professional expertise in the field of international relations theories, political history and international lawX
2Being able to manage the disciplines of juridical sciences, sociology, history, economics etc. with the necessity of the international relations discipline by having theretical knowledge and competenceX
3Obtaining professional qualification to work at state institutions and organizations, private sector and non-governmental organizations in the field of professions that district governorship, administrative jurisdiction magistracy, diplomacy, inspectorship and expert assistantship with the advantage of accumulation of interdisciplinary knowledgeX
4Having adequate information about the regional and global institutions and organizations which dominate interntional relationsX
5Being able to comprehend the status of Turkey and other actors in international system with the help of academic, historical and factual perspectivesX
6Having information about the Middle East, Russia- Caucasus, Latin America, Asia Pacific, Europe and Africa regions with regards to their history, economics, sociology and strategy by analyzing international system with regional perspectiveX
7Being able to make interpretation on the progresses of international relations with respect to international lawX
8Having knowledge of the political history of XIX. and XX. century to make interpretations on contemporary international relations systemX
9Being able to apply the theories of international relations, to make analyses, to develop hypotheses and to promote solution offers in the individual, state and system levels of analysesX
10Being conscious of professional, humane and scientific ethical manners and also the principals related to these mannersX
11Being able to reach the resources and to have foreign language proficiency on the level to follow the developments related to international relations discipline and the literatureX
12Using basic computer programmes and information technologies efficiently by adhering to the principal of continuous learningX
13Being able to find solutions and having capability of preparing documents such as projects, drafts, programmes and reports for national, regional and global problems with being coherent to group actions, open-minded, having capability to take initiatives and analytical thinkingX